Noodle-cutter.



" PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

' G. A. JELLEY.

NOODLE CUTTER.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Application filed September 20, 1906. Serial No. 335,444.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEQRGE A. JELLEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Noodle-Cutters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to noodle-cutters; and its primary object is to provide a device of this character of simple but effective construction in which the rotary disk cutters employed are so connected to their support ing-shaft as to permit them to be readily removed for cleaning or sharpening and easily replaced upon the shaft.

A further object of the invention is to provide a noodle-cutter comprising a series of cutting-disks supported upon a shaft, a frame provided with a handle and suitable bearings for the shaft, and a knife detachably secured to the end disks and extending parallel to said shaft.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and its novel features will be defined in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view, partly broken away, of a noodle-cutter embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken longitudinally of the handle and showing the disk-supporting shaft in trans verse sectlon; and Fig. 4 is an end'elevation of one of the disks, showing a modification.

The reference-numeral 1' designates a bail,

constituting the frame of-the device and provided with a centrally-projecting twisted shank 2, adapted to extend into the socket 3 of a handle 4.

The parallel arms 5 of the frame areformed with end loops 6, which provide bearings for a bolt 7, serving as a shaft for the cuttingdisks 8. One end of the shaft 7 is provided with a head 9, while its opposite end. is

threaded to receive a nut 10.

The disks are each formed with a central opening through which the shaft 7 extends, and said disks are spaced apart by washers 11, which are also formed with central openings for the passage of the shaft.

Additional washers 12 are placed upon the shaft against the outer sides of the end disks of the series, and between these washers and the eyes 6 of the frame are interposed nuts or washers 13 to space the end disks away from the arms 5.

The numeral 14 designates a knife extending over and at right angles to the periphcries of the cutting-disks and parallel to the shaft 7 and fitting within peripheral slots in said disk to rest flush with the edges of the disk. The ends of this knife are bent at right angles to provide parallel lugs 15, formed with openings to receive screws 16,

which extend through openings formed in the end disks, as shown. The function of this longitudinally-disposed knife 14' is to cut the noodles transversely after they are cut by the rotary disks, thus dividing each strip or'noodle into sections of convenient length.

Instead of securing the knife in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 the depending ends thereof may be inserted into the slots 18 of the end disks.

The utility and operation of the device will be readily understood. The disks are passed over the dough to divide it into strips, and then by the action of the knife 14, as already described, these strips are cut into suitable lengths.

WVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A noodle-cutter comprising a bail provided with a handle, and formed with end loops or eyes, a headed bolt supported in said eyes, a series of disk cutters mounted on said bolt, and formed with alining peripheral slots, washers on said bolt for spacing the disks apart, a nut for removably securing the bolt in place, and a longitudinally-disposed knife fitting the slots in the disks, and removably secured to the end disks of the series.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE A. J ELLEY..

Witnesses:

MAX H. SROLOVITZ, A. J. TRIGG. 

